Purim thoughts and anticipations

[debka_notion]

1. shirei_shibolim, you might enjoy knowing that I got a few compliments on my megillah trope (aka, your megillah trope)this morning- because the etnakhta and sofei-pasuk are actually easy to distinguish from each other. People seemed to find this unusual.

2. Why the heck isn't Vashti held up as a model of good tzniusdike behavior (aren't they always looking for good biblical role models for religious girls?), rather than being cast as a villainess? What would people have wanted Esther to do in the same situation? I keep thinking that someone should dress up for Purim as Vashti by wearing a chador... (Even if I still get a kick out of the idea of her turning green and growing a tail...)

3. Steve brought really exciting hamentashen to minyan this morning for Rosh Hodesh. It was a pleasant surprise, and rather inspiring on my part.

Comments

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Funny- I got a sense from my childhood bible stories that Esav and Ishmael were supposed to be lousy characters, even though the actual text doesn't suggest so much of this (something I found out a bit in high school), but never got a bad sense of Bilaam.

I also don't know why I feel compelled to write his name with two a's, or why whatever text I learned the name from felt that need. Just to make it look even odder than most transliterated/"translated" names in the Bible?

[fleurdelis28.livejournal.com]

On the latter count -- me, too. I repressed it because I couldn't think of a good reason, but it was my instinct.